Apparatus for papering walls



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

BENTLEY MASSLICH, OF UNION CITY, INDIANA.

APPARATUS FOR PAPERING WALLS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 33,004, dated August 6, 1861.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENTLEY MAssLIoH, of Union City, in the county ofRandolph and State of Indiana, have invented a new and ImprovedApparatus or Device for Applying Tall-Paper to Valls of Buildings; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, is a verticalsection of my invention, taken in the line m x, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a planor top view of the same; Fig. 3, a detached outer or front view of thesmoother and Fig. Ll, a section of the same, taken in the line y y Fig.3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

The object of this invention is to obtain adevice for facilitating theapplying of wall-paper on walls; and consists in the employment or useof a portable paste-box provided with rollers and used in connectionwith a smoother, all being arranged as hereinafter described.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a rectangular box, to the bottom of which handles, B, aresecured, by .which the operator may hold or support it with his lefthand or arm. Vithin this box at its front part there is placed a rollerC, the upper part of which projects a little above the top of the box.This roller C may be covered with a cloth, c, and on the roller C aroller, D, bears; the two rollers being in the same axial plane. Thejournals of the upper roller are litted in springs, E E, the back endsof which are secured to the tops of uprights, b one upright being ateach side of the paste-box. These springs serve to press the upperroller D on the roller C, and the pressure of the former on the lattermay be regulated by screws, o, which pass through the springs E. In theupper parts of the uprights b b there are made vertical slots, d CZ, onein each upright, and in these slots the ends of a roller, F, are ttedand allowed to turn freely. On this roller C, the paper to be pasted onthe wall is rolled, and the box A is supplied with a requisite quantityof paste, G.

H, represents what I term a smoother. This smoother is formed of twostrips, e e, secured together at one end in V-form and connected by across-piece, f, from the center of which a handle, g, projects at rightangles. The strips c e are covered at their face sides with cloth,buckskin, or any suitable material, to prevent the paper being torn bythe passage of the smoother over it.

The device is used as follows: The box A is supplied with a requisitequant-ity of paste, and the operator holds the box A with the left hand.The paper to be pasted on the wall, (shown in red on the drawing,) iswound on the rod F and passed between the rollers D C. The operatoradjusts the end of the paper to the top of the wall and gradually lowersthe box A, the paper passing between the rollers C D, and its backsurface pasted by the roller C. The operator smooths the paper on thewall by'means of the smoother H, forcing the same downward on the paperpoint foremost, which smoother, on account of its form, acts upon thepaper from its center outward (see Fig. 3), and effectually expels allair and insures the paper being laid smoothly on the wall.

The whole device is extremely simple and eficient, and may be affordedat a small cost.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

l. The paste-box A, provided with the rollers C D, and paper roll F,.when arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with the paste-box A, rollers C D, and paper roll F,the smoother I-I, constructed substantially as and for the purposespecified.

BENTLEY MASSLICH.

IVitn esses WVM. A. C. DIoKsoN, AMBRosE JEwETT.

